Paul Menage wrote: > On Fri, Jul 25, 2008 at 8:30 AM, Balbir Singh <balbir@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> There are applications that can/need to handle overcommit, just that we are not >> aware of them fully. Immediately after our meeting, I was pointed to >> http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Carrier_Grade_Linux/Requirements_Alpha1#AVL.4.1_VM_Strict_Over-Commit > > Thanks, that'll be interesting to take a look at. > >>> So I think we'd be complicating some of the vm paths in mainline with >>> a feature that isn't likely to get a lot of real use. >>> >> I did disagree in the meeting > > Yes, but (my impression of) the overall feeling in the meeting was > that it wasn't yet the right time to push it to mainline. > Yes! I need to test it more and I'll focus more on that front. >> and there is also the use case of the feature >> forming the infrastructure for other rlimit controllers. > > Agreed, but that's something for the future. I'll work on the mlock controller and post that as well. -- Warm Regards, Balbir Singh Linux Technology Center IBM, ISTL _______________________________________________ Containers mailing list Containers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx https://lists.linux-foundation.org/mailman/listinfo/containers
